Joys of 40 year old cars....

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   Today, I got a new coil since I shorted out my last one, charged the battery and she started right up! Just hearing it run put a smile on my face...for a little while. Until a horrible, loud, screeching noise started coming form the alternator. A little revving and it went away fine. Then, I look under the car and gas is poring out of the fuel pump. Now, i am looking at a new alternator and fuel pump, I am thinking about running a serpentine belt system so I can also redo the power steering pump, and compressor. Oh, the joys of owning a classic car, put some money in and more stuff breaks! 
-Lou

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moose0211 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23-September-2009 Location: Baltimore Status: Offline Points: 456	Post Options Post Reply Quote moose0211 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Joys of 40 year old cars.... Posted: 21-May-2010 at 11:23AM
	Today, I got a new coil since I shorted out my last one, charged the battery and she started right up! Just hearing it run put a smile on my face...for a little while. Until a horrible, loud, screeching noise started coming form the alternator. A little revving and it went away fine. Then, I look under the car and gas is poring out of the fuel pump. Now, i am looking at a new alternator and fuel pump, I am thinking about running a serpentine belt system so I can also redo the power steering pump, and compressor. Oh, the joys of owning a classic car, put some money in and more stuff breaks! -Lou

ramair351 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08-May-2006 Location: west michigan Status: Offline Points: 1561	Post Options Post Reply Quote ramair351 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21-May-2010 at 12:22PM
	another great thing about 40 year old cars... if you havent already put a new gas cap on it, because otherwise everytime you take off you will spill a quart of gas out the dried up seal.
	-Pete 1972 montego GT 1970 Torino cobra SCJ 1970 mustang mach 1 1965 Falcon futura

GranTorinoMan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14-August-2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 920	Post Options Post Reply Quote GranTorinoMan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21-May-2010 at 3:44PM
	My alternator started to scream too after a couple of trips to the drag strip. I thought it was a bearing but it ended up being a bad set of brushes. I was told by the repair shop to never jump start another car because it can fry a diode in your alternator and cause engine noise over your car stereo speakers. You know that high pitch noise that goes up and down when you rev the engine.